Overview

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled a decision to deploy Israeli forces into the remaining 25 percent of the Gaza Strip after a three-hour security consultation.
• Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir warned that seizing the rest of Gaza could entangle troops in urban combat zones and endanger the roughly 50 hostages still held by Hamas.
• Some 600 retired Israeli security officials, including former heads of Shin Bet and Mossad, have appealed to President Trump to steer Israel toward an immediate ceasefire.
• UN Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča told the Security Council that a full reoccupation would have “catastrophic consequences” for both civilians and captives.
• Israel’s COGAT agency has opened limited private-sector aid imports into Gaza, yet new deaths from starvation continue and Qatar-mediated ceasefire negotiations remain stalled.